１センチ弱くらいの小さなカタツムリを見つけたので、てっきりコドモのカタツムリだと思ったのですがここに書く上でちょいと調べましたら、そうじゃないかもということに気づきました。
生まれたてのカタツムリの巻きは、一回転半とのこと。よーく見ると、六回転くらいあり、しかも右手側に茶色の筋が見えます。縦の筋は一回目の冬を越すとできるのだそう。
もし図鑑通りであればこんなに小さくても一冬越している、ということなのでしょうか。
１センチ弱のカラダで、一年生き延びている。ニンゲンの尺度でばかり、モノを見てはいけないなーと思う瞬間です。
I found around less 1cm-small snail on the wall, I though that she(he?) must have been baby but when I looked up the book, it told me something, she is not baby.
When they are born, they just have one and half wind with their shell. Look at hers carefully, it seems 6 winds. And what's more, there is a brown line at the right hand side on the wind. It means that she's survived the first winter since she was born.
She is so small just less than 1 cm, but she've been living over a year. Oh, I'm impressed with that. Whnenver I know this kind of truth about them, we should think about more other creatures the same as ours' lives.
*not sure about my English...
